Where are hexagonal steel bars mainly used
Information summary：Hexagonal bar steel (rod-shaped steel with a regular hexagonal cross-section) is widely used in various fields such as mechanical manufacturing, construction, transportation, electronics, and hardware due to its core advantages of easy clamping, uniform force distribution, and regular shape, as well as different precision and performance that can be achieved through processes such as cold drawing,
Hexagonal bar steel (rod-shaped steel with a regular hexagonal cross-section) is widely used in various fields such as mechanical manufacturing, construction, transportation, electronics, and hardware due to its core advantages of easy clamping, uniform force distribution, and regular shape, as well as different precision and performance that can be achieved through processes such as cold drawing, hot rolling, and forging. The following is a detailed classification of its main application scenarios:
1、 Mechanical manufacturing and transmission field: core stress and connecting components
Mechanical manufacturing is the main application scenario for hexagonal bar steel, especially suitable for components that require stable force and easy tool clamping (such as wrenches), to avoid the problem of slipping of circular bars.
1. Fastener production
This is one of the core uses of hexagonal rods, used for processing various types of hexagonal head fasteners, including:
Hexagonal bolts/screws: from ordinary mechanical connecting bolts (such as Q235 hot-rolled hexagonal bars) to high-strength bolts for high-precision equipment (such as 45 # steel, 304 stainless steel cold drawn hexagonal bars, with high dimensional accuracy and easy threading);
Hexagonal nut/washer: Hexagonal bars are made through cutting, stamping, tapping and other processes, suitable for bolted connections, especially in scenarios that require frequent disassembly (such as equipment maintenance). The hexagonal structure is easy to operate with a wrench.
2. Transmission and support components
Drive shaft/pin shaft: In some small and medium-sized machinery (such as agricultural machinery and small motors), hexagonal bars can be used as drive shafts or positioning pin shafts, utilizing the "anti rotation characteristics" of hexagonal cross-sections to prevent components from slipping under force (such as connecting gears and pulleys);
Guide rails and sliders: In light load transmission equipment such as small conveying mechanisms and precision instrument slide tables, cold drawn hexagonal bars can be directly used as guide rails due to their high dimensional accuracy (tolerance ± 0.1mm) and smooth surface. They can be paired with hexagonal hole sliders to achieve stable sliding, replacing traditional rectangular guide rails and reducing processing costs.
3. Tools and mold accessories
Tool handle/body: such as the body of hexagonal wrenches and internal hexagonal screwdrivers, using high hardness hexagonal rods (such as CR-V alloy steel), which are easy to grip and can transmit torque through hexagonal cross-sections to avoid slipping during use;
Mold positioning column: In injection molds and stamping molds, hexagonal bars are used as positioning columns to ensure the alignment of the upper and lower molds, which has a better anti rotation effect than circular positioning columns and reduces product scrap caused by mold misalignment.
2、 Architecture and Structural Engineering: Lightweight Support and Decoration
In the field of architecture, hexagonal bars are mainly used for non load bearing structures, decorative parts, or temporary supports, taking advantage of their regular appearance and easy processing characteristics:
1. Lightweight support and fixing components
Scaffold accessories: Some small scaffolds (such as mobile scaffolds for indoor decoration) use low-carbon steel hot-rolled hexagonal bars as connecting crossbars and uprights, replacing circular steel pipes, to facilitate connection with fasteners (such as hexagonal buckles) and improve assembly stability;
Curtain wall and ceiling keel: In lightweight curtain walls (such as glass curtain wall sub keels) or indoor ceiling structures, cold drawn hexagonal bars can be used as auxiliary keels, paired with connectors to fix panels. Their hexagonal cross-section is more material efficient than rectangular bars and has a beautiful appearance.
2. Building decoration components
Railings and Guardrails: The columns or crossbars of outdoor landscape railings and balcony protective railings are made of stainless steel hexagonal bars (such as 304 and 316 materials), which are corrosion-resistant and easy to clean. The hexagonal shape is more aesthetically pleasing than the circular shape, and is commonly used in residential areas and park landscapes;
Decorative ornaments: such as decorative lines on building facades and indoor partition frames, can be made into geometric shapes by bending and welding hexagonal bars to enhance spatial aesthetics.
3、 Transportation and Vehicle Field: Small Components and Lightweight Design
In vehicles such as cars, motorcycles, and bicycles, hexagonal bars are often used for small load-bearing components or lightweight structures, balancing performance and cost:
1. Automotive parts
Chassis and engine small components: such as the fixed bracket of the car chassis and the oil pipe clamp of the engine, which are made of low-carbon steel hexagonal bars through stamping and welding, making them easy to connect with other components;
Interior and seat accessories: Small pin shafts for seat adjustment mechanisms, fixing bolts for interior panels, commonly used cold drawn hexagonal bars with high dimensional accuracy, can be directly threaded to reduce subsequent cutting processes.
2. Motorcycle and bicycle components
Frame connection points: auxiliary connection points for the frame of small motorcycles or bicycles (such as foot pedal brackets, brake line fixing seats), welded and fixed with hexagonal bars, which are easier to locate than circular bars and improve connection strength;
Wheel hub and sprocket accessories: Some bicycle sprocket shafts and wheel hub locating pins use high hardness hexagonal bars, which utilize their anti rotation characteristics to ensure that they do not slip during transmission.
4、 Electronics and Precision Instruments: Micro and High Precision Applications
In precision fields such as electronics and instrumentation, cold drawn hexagonal bars (made of high carbon steel and stainless steel) have become the raw material for core micro components due to their high dimensional accuracy and low surface roughness (Ra ≤ 1.6 μ m)
1. Electronic device bracket and contacts
PCB board bracket: In servers and communication devices, a micro bracket made of hexagonal bars is used to fix PCB circuit boards. The hexagonal cross-section can prevent the bracket from rotating during device vibration, ensuring stable position of the circuit board;
Connector contacts: The inner conductor of some high-frequency connectors (such as RF connectors) uses brass hexagonal rods (such as H62 brass), which are easy to process into high-precision contacts, and the hexagonal structure can improve the stability of signal transmission.
2. Precision instrument components
Instrument pointer shaft: such as the pointer rotation shaft of multimeters and pressure gauges, using low-carbon steel cold drawn hexagonal bars, with dimensional accuracy controlled within ± 0.05mm, ensuring flexible pointer rotation and no jamming;
Micro motor shaft: The output shaft of small stepper motors (such as printer and camera motors) uses a hexagonal rod, which can be directly connected to gears or synchronous pulleys to avoid slipping and improve transmission accuracy.
5、 Hardware and daily products: low cost and easy processing
In the fields of hardware and daily use, hexagonal bars have become raw materials for various small products due to their convenient processing and low cost
Hardware tools: such as pliers, scissors' pivot, tape measure's core fixed pivot, using low-carbon steel hexagonal bar, easy to assemble and not easy to loosen;
Daily products: such as connecting shafts for drying racks, luggage rod accessories, drawer slide shafts for furniture, hexagonal bars can be made by simple cutting and bending, balancing practicality and cost control;
Toys and Models: Children's toys (such as building blocks, remote control car parts), industrial model skeletons, made of plastic or aluminum alloy hexagonal bars, lightweight, easy to cut, and hexagonal structure for easy splicing.
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